Clay Pets
Materials:
- Clay
- Googly Eyes
- Pipe Cleaners
- Feathers
- Set out the materials and watch your children create their very own pet to care for.
- Make your own clay
Craft Clay Materials:
- One cup cornstarch
- One One-Fourth cups cold water
- Two cups baking soda
- Food coloring
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients over medium heat for four to five minutes until the mixture is thick (like mashed potatoes). Remove from heat, empty container and cover with a damp cloth until cool. Knead like dough until you get a nice clay look and feel. Store in airtight container.
Pet Shop
Set your home living area up as a Pet Shop. Bring in a cash register, play money,
leashes, stuffed animals, kennels, brushes, etc. Label each item with a price.
The children can take turns shopping and working the register. Encourage them
to add up the prices, write receipts, and improve math skills.
Six Little Dogs
(to the tune of: Six Little Ducks)Six little dogs that I once knew,
fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too.
But the one little dog with the brown curly fur,
He led the others with a grr, grr, grr.
Grr, grr, grr
Grr, grr, grr
He led the others with a grr, grr, GRR!
Doggie, Doggie Where’s Your Bone
Give a bone (or whatever you choose to hide... a shoe works too) to one of the
children while chanting the song (make sure you give each child a chance to
have the bone). Have all of the children hide their hands behind their backs.
When the chant is over, the doggy can uncover his or her eyes and gets 3 guesses
as to which person has the bone. Whether the doggy gets it right or not, the
person with the bone gets to be the next doggy. Because you've made sure to
give each child a turn with the bone, each child will get a turn being the doggy.
Doggy, Doggy, where's your bone?
Somebody stole it from your home.
Guess who! Maybe you...
Maybe the monkeys from the zoo.
Wake up doggy, find your bone
Barney Goes to the Petshop
Publishing Lyrick